Iquitos

Iquitos is a city of 380,000 people in the Amazonas region of . For travellers, Iquitos offers a vast selection of activities not found elsewhere in Peru, such as Amazon boat rides and great wildlife viewing.
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  • City with about 378,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 110 metres (350 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code IQT
  • Description: city of Peru, capital of Loreto region
  • Also known as
    “Capital of the peruvian amazon”
    “The branch of heaven”
    “The paradise of the amazon jungle”
    “The peruvian venice of the amazon”

Places of Interest

Discover Casa de Fierro and Estadio Max Augustín.
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La , located in the city of Iquitos…
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Stadium
The is a multi-purpose stadium in Iquitos, .
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Square
is a square.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Punchana.
Suburb
is the capital of the …

Iquitos

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Latitude
-3.7494° or 3° 44′ 58″ south
Longitude
-73.2444° or 73° 14′ 40″ west
UN/LOCODE
PE IQT
Open location code
67887Q24+76
Open­Street­Map ID
node 27434277
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
3696183
Wiki­data ID
Q193289

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Wu Chinese—“Iquitos” goes by many names.
IquitosAfrikaans
IquitosAkan
ኢኪቶስAmharic
إكيتوسArabic
IquitosAragonese
ԻկիտոսArmenian
IquitosAsturian
IquitosAymara
İkitosAzerbaijani
IquitosBasque
ІкітасBelarusian
ইকিটোসBengali
ইকিতোসBengali
IquitosBreton
IquitosCatalan
IquitosCebuano
Iquitos (kapital sa rehiyon)Cebuano
伊基托斯Chinese
IkitosCzech
IquitosCzech
IquitosDanish
IquitosDutch
اكيتوسEgyptian Arabic
IquitosEsperanto
IquitosEstonian
IquitosFinnish
IquitosFrench
IquitosGalician
იკიტოსიGeorgian
IquitosGerman
ΙκίτοςGreek
IquitosGuarani
ઈક્યૂટોસGujarati
IquitosHausa
איקיטוסHebrew
इकिटोसHindi
इकितोसHindi
IquitosHungarian
IquitosIndonesian
IquitosIrish
IquitosItalian
イキートスJapanese
イキトスJapanese
IquitosJavanese
ಇಕ್ವಾಟಾಸ್Kannada
ИкитосKazakh
ИкитосKirghiz
이키토스Korean
IquitumLatin
Urbs IquitorumLatin
IkitosaLatvian
IkitasLithuanian
IkitosasLithuanian
ИкитосMacedonian
IquitosMalay
इक्यूटोसMarathi
ИкитосMoksha
IquitosNauru
IquitosNorwegian
IquitosNorwegian Bokmål
IquitosNorwegian Nynorsk
IquitosOromo
ИкитосOssetian
ਇਕਿਟੋਸPanjabi
ایکیتوسPersian
IquitosPolish
IquitosPortuguese
اکيتوسPushto
IkituQuechua
IkitusQuechua
IquitosRomanian
ИкитосRussian
IquitosScots
IquitosSerbo-Croatian
ඉක්විටෝස්Sinhala
ඉක්විටෝස්, පේරුSinhala
IquitosSlovak
IquitosSlovenian
IquitosSomali
Capital de la amazonía peruanaSpanish
El paraíso de la selva amazónicaSpanish
IquitosSpanish
La sucursal del cieloSpanish
La venecia peruana del amazonasSpanish
San Pablo de Nueva NapeanosSpanish
IquitosSwahili
IquitosSwedish
ИкитосTajik
ஐகியூடோஸ்Tamil
ИкитосTatar
ఇక్విటోస్Telugu
อีกีโตสThai
IquitosTurkish
ІкітосUkrainian
اکیتوسUrdu
IkitosUzbek
IquitosVenetian
IquitosVietnamese
IquitosVolapük
IquitosWaray (Philippines)
IquitosWelsh
伊基托斯Wu Chinese

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